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whhhhssstttt.
n.  the sound of a burning sulfurous mist/haze, as described in The Chaos Balance by L. E. Modesitt Jr.


whhhhsttt.
n.  the sound of a white-red fireball flaring across the morning sky, as described in The Chaos Balance by L. E. Modesitt Jr.


whhhrrr.
n.  an expression indicating that one has a headache after experiencing “matter transference.”

<‘Whhhrrr...’ said Arthur Dent.  —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.>

whhp.
n.  the whoosh of a basset hound’s wagging tail, as in the comic strip “PvP” by Scott R. Kurtz.


n.  the whoosh of a punched fist, as in the comic book Legend of the Dark Knight #1 by Gene Ha.


whhp-wwhhp.
n.  the sound of “episiotomy snips” during childbirth, as described in She’s Having a Baby and I’m Having a Breakdown by James D. Barron.



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